Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports announced the National Sports Awards 2024.
Manu Bhaker, D Gukesh, Harmanpreet Singh and Praveen Kumar have been honoured with the Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award.
The Sports ministry names 32 athletes, including 17 para-athletes, for Arjuna awards.
Former cyclist Sucha Singh and former para-swimmer Murlikant Rajaram Petkar were awarded Arjuna Awards (Lifetime) for outstanding performance in Sports and Games.
Thulasimathi, Nithya Sree and Manisha, badminton Paralympians from Tamil Nadu has been chosen for the Arjuna Awards.
Asian Games gold and bronze medallist squash player Abhay Singh from Tamil Nadu was also chosen for Arjuna Award.
Subhash Rana (para-shooter), Deepali Deshpande (shooting) and Sandeep Sangwan (hockey) were named Dronacharya Award 2024 recipients.
S Muralidharan (badminton) and Armando Agnelo Colaco (football) were awarded the Dronacharya Award in the lifetime category.